Author: Fr. Amado L. Picardal, CSsR

Nowadays, we often hear of government leaders who are incompetent and who use their position of leadership for their self-interest

“The Church should not interfere in politics since the constitution provides for the separation of Church and state.” This is usually the reaction every time bishops, priests and religious denounce extrajudicial killings, human rights abuse, corruption, anti-poor economic policies, etc.

THE recent meeting in Rome on clerical sex abuse called by Pope Francis and attended by presidents of bishops’ conferences from all over the world and by representatives of union of superior generals has highlighted the seriousness as well as the global reach of this crisis.

“KILL your bishops, they are useless fools. All they do is criticize.”